TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast manifestations of systemic diseases
AU - Dilaveri, Christina A.
AU - Macbride, Maire Brid
AU - Sandhu, Nicole P.
AU - Neal, Lonzetta
AU - Ghosh, Karthik
AU - Wahner-Roedler, Dietlind L.
PY - 2012/2/4
Y1 - 2012/2/4
N2 - Although much emphasis has been placed on the primary presentations of breast cancer, little focus has been placed on how systemic illnesses may affect the breast. In this article, we discuss systemic illnesses that can manifest in the breast. We summarize the clinical features, imaging, histopathology, and treatment recommendations for endocrine, vascular, systemic inflammatory, infectious, and hematologic diseases, as well as for the extramammary malignancies that can present in the breast. Despite the rarity of these manifestations of systemic disease, knowledge of these conditions is critical to the appropriate evaluation and treatment of patients presenting with breast symptoms.
AB - Although much emphasis has been placed on the primary presentations of breast cancer, little focus has been placed on how systemic illnesses may affect the breast. In this article, we discuss systemic illnesses that can manifest in the breast. We summarize the clinical features, imaging, histopathology, and treatment recommendations for endocrine, vascular, systemic inflammatory, infectious, and hematologic diseases, as well as for the extramammary malignancies that can present in the breast. Despite the rarity of these manifestations of systemic disease, knowledge of these conditions is critical to the appropriate evaluation and treatment of patients presenting with breast symptoms.
KW - Breast
KW - Endocrine
KW - Hematologic
KW - Infectious
KW - Vascular
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U2 - 10.2147/ijwh.s27624
DO - 10.2147/ijwh.s27624
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84857094677
SN - 1179-1411
VL - 4
SP - 35
EP - 43
JO - International Journal of Women's Health
JF - International Journal of Women's Health
IS - 1
ER -